Tower MSA Partners, a technology-forward, industry-leading provider of Medicare Secondary Payer compliance services and Claimify, the leading national provider of tech-enabled solutions to the disability insurance industry, announce the appointment of Louis Porrazzo as Chief Legal Officer. He will work closely with the existing leadership team to…
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Around the end of last year, Ronmel Rangel, 63, began to feel a familiar discomfort in his lower abdomen. Twenty-five years earlier, while living in his native Venezuela, he had undergone surgery to repair a hernia on the right side of his groin. This time, Rangel was in the U.S. and lacked health insurance.
The U.S. and Mexico are the only countries out of 19 other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries where a substantial portion of the population lacks any form of health insurance. In the U.S., about 8 percent of the population, or 27 million people, are uninsured. And that is despite the U.S. has spent more on health care than any other nation.
These impacts already can be seen in dozens of state cuts to home- and community-based services for children with disabilities and a law in North Carolina that cut costs by eliminating coverage for 27,000 lawfully present children and pregnant women. The Congressional Budget Office now projects that 3 million children will lose coverage under Medicaid or…
Luigi Mangione's trial on New York state murder and weapons charges over the 2024 killing of a health insurance CEO was postponed on Monday, after the 28- year-old Ivy League graduate pleaded guilty last week to separate federal charges. Mangione's lawyers cited his guilty plea to the federal stalking charges he faced in urging New York state Justice Gregory…
2026 AUG 17– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Fresh data on Cancer are presented in a new report. Financial support for this research came from NIH National Human Genome Research Institute. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Yale University,“ The authors conducted 44 semistructured in-depth interviews…
2026 AUG 17– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Investigators publish new report on Managed Care. According to news reporting from Providence, Rhode Island, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ Vertical integration between Medicare Advantage plans and hospital providers is increasingly common, but little is known about how…
2026 AUG 17– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Current study results on Managed Care have been published. For more information on this research see: Improving Governance To Reduce Administrative Burden and Increase Funding for School-based Health Services. Public Performance& Management Review, 2026. Public Performance&…
In Tanzania, delayed hospital presentation, weak referral systems, high out-of-pocket costs, shortages of stroke-ready facilities, and limited rehabilitation services contribute to preventable deaths and long-term disability.”. Funders for this research include Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China,…
Question: Who is best to choose an Advantage Plan and who a Supplement? This is Part 3 of my "Medicare Reset" series designed to prepare those on Medicare for the Annual Enrollment Period, the time each year when those on Medicare can make any change to their plan lineup, that starts Oct. 15. You can read the previous editions on our website, GetYourBestPlan.com or our…
DES MOINES— Rob Sand would end the private management of Iowa's Medicaid program via executive order on his first day in office, the Democratic candidate for governor said Saturday. Sand, the state auditor who lives in Des Moines and is originally from Decorah, is running for governor against Republican Zach Lahn, a venture firm business owner from Belle Plaine.
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DES MOINES— Rob Sand would end the private management of Iowa’ s Medicaid program via executive order on his first day in office, the Democratic candidate for governor said Saturday. Sand, the state auditor who lives in Des Moines and is originally from Decorah, is running for governor against Republican Zach Lahn, a venture firm business owner from Belle Plaine.
DES MOINES— Rob Sand would end the private management of Iowa's Medicaid program via executive order on his first day in office, the Democratic candidate for governor said Saturday. Sand, the state auditor who lives in Des Moines and is originally from Decorah, is running for governor against Republican Zach Lahn, a venture firm business owner from Belle Plaine.
Johnson County property owners could see an increase in their county property tax rate next year as commissioners work to close a $17.5 million budget shortfall driven in part by rising health insurance costs and declining jail lease revenue. Commissioners unanimously voted Monday to express their intent to increase the county’ s tax rate from 38.9 cents…
Premium increases would affect Minnesotans who purchase either individual or small group health insurance directly from insurers or through MNsure, Minnesota's health insurance marketplace. Preliminary rate filings from the Minnesota Department of Commerce indicate that the state's insurers are seeking average premium increases ranging from 10…
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk, is expected to plead guilty in a federal case charging him with stalking, the New York Times reported Thursday, citing two people with knowledge of the matter. A guilty plea, which is not guaranteed, would avert a trial in the closely watched case over the Dec. 4, 2024,…
New U.S. Census Bureau data shows that the number of uninsured adults in Bartholomew County was roughly cut in half as the Affordable Care Act was implemented. An estimated 5,976 Bartholomew County adults under age 65 lacked health insurance in 2024, or 8.6% of the population, down from 10,396 in 2010, or 16%, according to the new figures, which were released last…
NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin has more. SELENA SIMMONS-DUFFIN, BYLINE: The first action on transgender youth came on Tuesday, when the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule to block federal dollars from paying for gender-affirming care for young people who are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
